Since NASCAR just recently passed out a penalty for inappropriate remarks to Jeremy Clements, it seemed odd to me that songs with titles like "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" are being used to intro drivers just two weeks later. Oh, well. Somebody is always offended these days.
I could handle the suspension if forced, but am too broke to pay a fine to RR!
Although it wasn't released until 1969, I love to hear the P.A. play Credence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" during the pace laps of any night race.
At least I know and remember that one, Johnny. I'm not up to date on my gangsta and hip-hop, though.
If NASCAR is so darned sensitive about racism and the use of old southern symbols, etc., what's up with them allowing many of the songs drivers use during their introductions at Bristol? Tell me some of these song titles don't denigrate the NASCAR brand.
Aric Almirola "The Only Way I Know" / Jason Aldean
AJ Allmendinger "Mama Said Knock You Out" / LL Cool J
Marcos Ambrose "Black Betty" / Ram Jam
Greg Biffle "Shoot to Thrill" / AC/DC
Dave Blaney "I Miss The Misery" / Halestorm
Clint Bowyer "You Can Kiss My Country (A**) / Blake Shelton
Jeff Burton "1994" / Jason Aldean
Kurt Busch Theme from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"
Kyle Busch "Rowdy Busch" / Raytona 500
Landon Cassill "I Will Always Love You" / Whitney Houston
Dale Earnhardt Jr. "Hard Charger" / Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Carl Edwards "Eye of the Tiger" / Survivor
David Gilliland "Cruise" / Florida Georgia Line
Jeff Gordon "Harlem Shake" / Baauer
Denny Hamlin "Big Poppa" / Notorious B.I.G.
Kevin Harvick "Creepin'" / Eric Church
Jimmie Johnson "Gimme Three Steps" / Lynyrd Skynyrd
Kasey Kahne "Beer Money" / Kip Moore
Matt Kenseth Theme from "Star Wars"
Brad Keselowski "Young Men Dead" / The Black Angels
Travis Kvapil "Brass Monkey" / Beastie Boys
Bobby Labonte "I Will Wait" / Mumford and Sons
Joey Logano "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" / Buckwheat Boyz
Jamie McMurray "Back in Black" / AC/DC
Casey Mears "Black Betty" / Ram Jam
Paul Menard "A Warrior's Call" / Volbeat
Juan Pablo Montoya "For Those About To Rock" / AC/DC
Joe Nemechek "Here's to the Good Times" / Florida Georgia Line
Ryan Newman "Tornado" / Little Big Town
Danica Patrick "Hell on Heels" / Pistol Annies
David Ragan "Wagon Wheel" / Darius Rucker
David Reutimann "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" / The Offspring
Scott Speed -- "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" / The Offspring
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. "Good Ol' Dixie" / Ingram Hill
Tony Stewart "American Badass" / Kid Rock
David Stremme "The Only Way I Know" / Jason Aldean
Martin Truex Jr. "The Only Way I Know" / Jason Aldean
Brian Vickers "Love and Memories" / O.A.R.
JJ Yeley "Harlem Shake" / Baauer
As an old marketing guy, I see a sponsorship opportunity here for Hoover, Electrolux, Dyson, Bissell, Eureka Dirt Devil or one of the other numerous manufacturers of vacuum devices.
I missed the USA Today piece where Danica Patrick discussed at Bristol this past Friday the possibility of going Formula One racing.
If the rest of her season goes like the past three weeks, including both her qualifying and racing at Bristol, she may be soon reconsidering her position. I bet F-1could find a ride for Ricky, too, to get Danica and the press she'd generate.
Danica Patrick to F1's Bernie Ecclestone: No, but thanks
By Nate Ryan
USA TODAY Sports March 15, 2013
BRISTOL, Tenn. Danica Patrick politely rebuffed Bernie Ecclestone's suggestion she race in his series but also seemed amused by the courtship of the Formula One honcho, who infamously disparaged her eight years ago.
"I did see Bernie's comments; they sounded complimentary," Patrick said Friday morning at Bristol Motor Speedway. "It looked like he was kind of acknowledging my ability to drive a car. So, that was kind."
In an interview on the F1 website in advance of this weekend's season opener at Australia, Ecclestone was asked whether Formula One would have a female driver on par with Patrick within a few years. Ecclestone said he thought the series had the appeal to lure Patrick from the Sprint Cup Series.
"There should be no reason why not, providing that we find a team to take her," he told the website. "Danica would be good to have with one of the teams now. All the things that people worry about -- whether a woman can cope with the G-forces and all that -- she has proven that she can. She's been there and done it. What I think -- and I cannot blame her for it -- is that she will hardly want to give up the exposure she has in the U.S. to come here and maybe not make it."
Indeed, Patrick, who recently became the first woman to win a Sprint Cup pole position and the first to lead the Daytona 500, said she wouldn't test a car unless she was serious about making the switch from NASCAR's premier series, where she is three races into her rookie season.
